Pine River Township Plans Special Election On Franchise
Pine River Township will hold a special election Monday August 9 at Town Hall to decide on a right of way franchise for Chippewa River Power Co. Board met Wednesday at eight o clock and ordered the election after hearing company plans presented by G Field of Shepherd. Registration will be Saturday August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigal
Pine River Township
Chipnewa River Power Co
Field of Shepherd
Pine River
Local Happenings and Short News Notes
Lester Thomas family left Wednesday for Rochester New York to locate in the near future. The WCTU will meet with Mrs E C Crandell at 82 Superior Street Saturday at 2 30. Miriam and Martha Tinker visit their uncle near Fresland for summer. Edna and Franklin Moore join C J Brown family visit. Ralph Miller family travel Sunday to Toledo then Dayton to see Muller parents for a couple weeks. Velma and Mary Sharp return to Alma for vacation. resume Vienna studies after. Adelbert Tham and family of Union City visiting Alma. Mr Thom returns Monday while Mrs Thom and children stay in Alma for two or three weeks.
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Lester Thomas
Rochester
N. Y
E. C. Crandell
Superior Street
Miriam
Martha Tinker
Fresland
E. A. Moore
Coldwater
Edna
Franklin
C. J. Brown
Thom
Union City
Mra
Alma
Notice to Bicycle Riders Prohibits Riding on Sidewalks
City ordinance bans rolling bicycles on sidewalks and will be enforced. Take warning and stay off walks with bicycles. By order of the mayor.
What He Does with Speculation in a Child’s Tale
A teacher asks Johnny to define speculation by imagining his father with $500 who buys something he never expects to receive. Johnny’s outcome is that he loses the $500, illustrating a cautionary view of speculative risk.
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Johnny
Local Divorce Cases Rise in Ypsilanti Circuit Court
In Washte naw county circuit court most divorce results and pending cases originate from Ypsilanti, signaling a pattern of domestic strife tied to the town. A Grand Rapids group is exploring the Traverse City area for a potential mammoth hotel and bathhouse at a mineral springs site. Dudley Hutter creditors seek a final US court report in Bay City as insurance interests loom. Town sprinkling uses beer solution to curb unrest, while war between fruit interests and rail lines at Traverse City impacts freight delivery. A monument extension delays until May 4, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Cirenit
Ypeilanti
Ypailanti
Grand Rapids
Lange Ife
Sanderhoof
Tonla
Mui
Grand River Valley
Traverse City
Commisson Fruit
Pere Marquette Road
Manistee & Northeastern
Pere Marquette
Gen. Custer
Monroe
Jewelry worth millions found at Yildiz Kiosk in Constantinople
A long state department communication from the Constantinople ambassador reports jewelry valued at several millions were found at Yildiz Kiosk, home of the late sultan of Turkey. The message also notes ten million dollars in cash or negotiable securities. Conditions in Turkey are said to be improving.
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Yildiz Kiosk
Turkey
State Department
Constantinople
Collision Prevention Sketch Shows Ship Observatory Plan
A fragment describes a method to prevent collisions in a triangle with four plants and urges safeguards. An observer on a second ship would monitor the vessel's course distance from the observer and approximate speed to aid in collision avoidance.
Use of the Passing Moment in a Silent Reflection
A fragmented quotation on time from Nem's Horn stresses that the mill cannot grind with past or future water. It concedes only the present moment can be used, urging focus on immediate action and the passing moment rather than what has already occurred or what lies ahead.
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lNem
The Bamboo for Poppy Growers in Shanghai Mercury
Tite proposed a punishment for cultivating poppy without a license involving light to heavy bamboo penalties and banishment in line with the site’s cultivation rules. The suggestion reflects strict local enforcement and a harsh stance on illegal poppy cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tite
Shanghai Mercury
Custom In the Hebrides Spring Plowing Tradition
Before spring plowing in the Hebrides farmers cleanse plow and harness with salt and water, then pour a litre of the solution Ip into the mystified horses ears, a ritual tied to blessing fields and crops.
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Hebrides
Calfale Fable of Appetite and Expense
A brief cartoon dialogue about buying a horse to improve appetite. The speaker recalls the irony that feeding a horse leaves no money for food, highlighting humor over hardship. The exchange contrasts intention with consequence in a single framed gag.
Local Markets corrected Thursday morning
Market quotations updated for grain hay clover and seed plus live stock and dressed meats. Wheat No 1 white 1.40 and red 1.30. beans 2.00. Timothy 10.00. Clover 2.00 per ton. straw 5.00. clover seed 5.75 per bushel. timothy 1.75 per bushel. beef cattle 4.00 per cwt. hogs 10.50 per cwt. mutton 0.50 per lb. veal calves 0.25. chicken 12c. hens fat 6c. ducks 7c. geese 0.75 lb. straw hides 2.50. calf skins 0.50. tallow 0.10. Potatoes 9 per bushel. honey 0.25 per lb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Hanghart
Miller Bros
Markets Report From Detroit Cattle and Grain Trade
Market activity in cattle and grain described with mixed price changes across grades. Reports include steers and heifers, cows, stockers, hogs, lambs, and grain futures with notable gains on certain export-steer quotes and a large Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition attendance reaching over 1,016,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Falent
Maticro Conon Lamba
Furniture For Sale From A Handsome Oak Dining Room Set
An old advertisement offers a handsome oak dining room set and other furniture at very cheap prices. Inquiries addressed to Hiward Willard of Mrs Bart Miller.
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Hiward Willard
Mra
Bart Miller
Michigan items and incidents from Kalamazoo to Flint
A mosaic of Michigan news items: a Kalamazoo child dies from poison, horse thefts reported, Flint post office opening with no ceremony, prison farming proposals, mad dog scares in Kalamazoo, National Guard command changes in Lansing, a Bay City beach find, controversial claims about Carrie Nation, reservoir safety valve in Grand Rapids, a Jackson jail sanity examination, self-harm deaths, religious leadership appointment in Detroit, a Kent county jail escape recaptured near Holland, probate dispute over a Battle Creek will, a deadly train collision near Schultz station, and an Alma visit by Miss Knickerbocker.
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Peter Wiestes
Kalamazoo
Allgsod
Asegan County
Flint Wis
Wenger
Kalamanoo
David McMartin
Plainwell
Adna G. Lewis
Levi Snyder
Hollie Erinple
Indianapolis
F. W. Gray
Poeoria
Ypstlastl
Noah Hagen
Carrie Nation
Owash
Grand Rapids
Harrison F. Strong
Michigan Central
Jackson
Carmel
Kent County
Holland
Benton Harbor
Ella McCoy
Minneapolis
Sara Wilder
Battle Creek
McCoy
Booth's Laxative Pills Promoted for Constipation Relief
A promotional note extols Booth's Laxative Pills as a cure for constipation, claiming thousands praise the remedy for restoring health and vigor. It mentions Henry Van Attin of Albion Michigan endorsing the pills as a tonic for liver stomach and bowels and Charles Rhodes selling them for 25 cents a large box.
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America
Booth
Henry van Attin
Albion
Mich
Charles Rhodex
Church Notes and Parish Events Schedule
Church notes for St Johns Guil] parish list Thursday evening service at 7 20. Altar Guild to meet July 21 at 2 80 p m. Sunday July 26 litany and mass at 10 am. Sunday school at 1514 p m. Strangers welcome Rector Cras RYAs. Catholic Church notes include St Louis low mass and sermon Sunday July 25 Alma high mass and sermon at 10 3 a m.
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Joses
St. John's Guil
Sanny School
Cras Ryas
Catholic Church Notes
St. Louis
Alma
Niagara Falls Excursion Features Midwest Rail Tour
The Ann Arbor railroad announces a Thursday August Sth excursion looping Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal Alexander Bay and Quebec. A special train departs Alma at 7 25 a m. Round trip to Niagara Falls is 8 dollars to Toronto 37 85 to Alexander Bay 11 75 to Montreal 216 00 to Quebec.
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Niagara Falls
Ann Arbor Railroad
Toronto
Montreal
Alexander Ay
Quebec
Alma
Alexander Bay
Montraeal
Sees Mother Grow Young With Electric Bitters
Mrs W L Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine praises Electric Bitters claiming her seventy year old mother regained youth like vitality. After twenty years of severe dyspepsia she could not eat drink or sleep and doctors gave up. The tonic supposedly revitalizes liver and kidney function and boosts appetite and sleep. Available at 50 cents in local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
C.F. Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Gaffney
Town Hall
Chippewa Wiver Power Go
Late State News
Tate
Bbc
Atari
George A. Ferguson
Columbia University
Elster Sigel
Leon Ling
Ling
Alaska
Michigan
Miss Knickerbocker of
Mt. Pleasant
MIONA
Charles Rhodes
Church Notes
M. A. Medler
State ST. South
Cash Grocery
Wolverine State
Bulk Olives
Arm & Hammier
Segmiller Bros. & Stuckey
Merrill Stuckey, Mgr
Superior ST
CAPLE
A. Hunter
West Superior Street
Alma, Mich
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